After gold deposits were discovered in tribal territory, the state of Georgia, in 1828, outlawed the Cherokee government, and moved to confiscate Cherokee lands. Cherokee appeals to President Andrew Jackson were rejected. In 1832, the Supreme Court ruled in the Cherokees’ favor, yet federal authorities ignored the decision. Most of the tribe—18,000 to 20,000 members—were forcibly evicted in 1838 and endured the three-hundred-mile march generally known as the Trail of Tears. The Cherokees, calling the forced march the Trail Where They Cried, lost over 4000 people who perished due to hunger, disease, exhaustion, and exposure.